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No. 536,138. Patented Mar. 19 1895.

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, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE J. EDWARDS, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO EDWARDS & DOOKER, OF SAME PLACE. d

SAFETY COIN-ENVELOPE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 536,138, dated March 19, 1895.

Application filed December 11, 1894. Serial No. 531,440i (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. EDWARDS, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of' Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety Coin- Envelopes; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the in- Vention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to safety coin envelopes for use in mite societies, and Sunday schools.

The object of my improvement is to make a cheap and handy receptacle for small coins, from which it will be impossible to remove the contents, without defacing or totally de-" stroying the package. I accomplish the desired result by cutting the blank from which the envelope is made, in the shape shown in" the drawings and folding and pasting the several parts in the manner hereinafter described. I

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1, represents the paper blank from which theenvelope is made. Fig. 2, shows the blank after being folded on-the line 00, as. Fig. 3, shows the blank after the second fold has been made, on the line y, y. Fig. 4, shows the blank after the third foldon line a, z. Fig. 5, shows the'blank after the fifth folding on the line a, 2. Fig. 6, shows the blank after the sixth and last fold on the. line 00', z.'

A Fig. 7, is an enlarged Verticalsectional view through the finished envelope.

, The dotted portions. in all of the figures" represent the. parts upon which the glue or paste, that joins the several parts together, is placed. p 1

completed envelope, Upon this part the name of the class or society may be printed.

= a, is a coin slot or aperture in the front A.

B, B, are the two parts of a double flap that folds over on the front A, and forms a pocket into'which the coin is first dropped.

b, is a slot cut in the flap B. Around this slot, glue or paste is put so as to fasten this portion of the flap of the front A, after it has been folded over in the position shown in Fig. 2.

b, b, are two slots cut in the folded edge on the doubled flap B,B. Through one or the other of these slots 19, b, the coin drops into the inside of the envelope.

0, isthe part of the blank that forms the back of the envelope when folded up.

A. is a pasting flap on the bottom edge of the front A.

A is an end pasting flap.

When the flap B, is folded over on to the front A, the slots a, and b, register one with the together, as shown in Fig.2. The blank is then folded over on the lines 1 y; and the flaps B, B pasted together on the ends so as to hold them in the shape shown in Fig. 3, after which the pasting flap A, is folded on the line 2, 2'; see Fig. 4, and the back 0,

folded over on the line 00, z; and the edges pasted so as to hold it in the shape shown in Fig. 5. Lastly the end flap A is doubled over on the line 0;, z; and pasted to the back 0, as shown in Fig. 6. v 7

When the severalparts of the envelope are pasted together as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, it

is used in the following manner: The coin being placed in the slot 0., it will drop into the pocket formed by the double flap B, B. The envelope is then held with one end down so as to allow the coin to roll or slide to that end.

Afterward it is turned so as to bring the envelope into the position shown in Fig. 7, and p given a slight rap, when the coin will fall A, is the-part that forms the front of the.

the position of said slot or slots maybe varied.

from that shown, but the best result is obtained when the slots 12, are not directly un- I der the coin slot a, in the completed envel- .Ope, but located diagonally therefrom.

If a stronger and more durable envelope is desired it may be constructed of any suitable material, such as leather or cloth, and instead of gluing or pasting, the several parts may be sewed together.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim as new is- 1. A safety coin envelope made from a single blank composed of the front portion A, the inner double fiap B, B, and the back 0; the front A, having therein a suitable coin slot at, and the inner double flap B, B, having therein a coin slot 1), that registers with the slot a, and in the folded edge, one or more of the slots 1); the several parts being joined together substantially as shown.

2. A safety coin envelope composed of the front A, joined to the back 0, and the intermediate double flap 13,13, extending from side to side of the envelope and connected thereto along the top edge; the front A, having therein the coin slot or, that registers with a similar coin slot b, in the part B, of the double flap, the parts A and B, being pasted or joined together around the edges of the slots a and b, and the inner double flap B,B, having in the folded bottom edge thereof, a slot 12', that will allow a coin to pass through into the body of the envelope, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE J. EDWARDS.

\Vitnesses:

SAML. II. KIRKPATRICK, Tnos. D. MoWLns. 

